Kids Book Index
Abby Cooper
In Serenity, Minnesota, people are expected to be positive. Twelve-year-old Mackenzie experiences her feelings as colored haze. When the haze spreads through the town, the community must confront emotions it has been pushing aside. The book presents Mackenzie’s visible emotions alongside the town’s shared pressure to hide difficult feelings.
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The ReckoningWade HudsonLamar, a Black boy, hopes to make movies but initially believes he has no subject worth pursuing. After his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes focused on the injustice surrounding the murder. His filmmaking becomes connected to trying to understand what happened and to seeking justice through his lens. The novel centers on how this loss redirects Lamar’s creative ambition and gives it an urgent new purpose.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Adventures of the Flash Gang, Episode Two: Treasonous TycoonM. M. Downing, S. J. WaughThe Flash Gang is identified as Pittsburgh's most notorious group of thieves. They have not carried out a theft in a year. That silence began after a devastating fire brought reports of the supposed deaths of two streeters. The book asks where the gang is now. M. M. Downing and S. J. Waugh are the authors. The book has 218 pages and was published by Fitzroy Books on 2024-03-05.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Wild DreamersMargarita EngleLeandro has lived with debilitating anxiety since his family escaped Cuba on a dangerous raft. One night under the moon, he meets Ana in a California wilderness park. Their meeting brings together Leandro’s history of forced migration, his ongoing anxiety, and a setting far from the journey his family survived. The story begins with these two young people encountering one another outdoors.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details